Four hundred and fifty fifth chapter thirty 12 o'clock in the evening
Hong Tao didn't bother to explain the ins and outs of the matter to them. Moreover, according to Hong Tao's theoretical level, he might not be able to explain it to others, so Hong Tao simply talked about it and brought the topic to the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival.
In the afternoon of that day, Hong Tao took the two freshly dressed foreigners, packed a whole cart of New Year's goods, gifts and fireworks, and returned to his grandma's house again. Why do I say again? Because he brought Irene here last time, and this time
The next time I brought a blonde foreign girl.
When faced with the questions from his grandma, uncles and aunts, Hong Tao did not explain. He just said that he was a friend of his who happened to be staying in China during the Chinese New Year, so he happened to join in the fun together. Then he used all kinds of food he brought back from Africa.
Gadgets and small gifts blocked everyone's mouths.
Ye Rong and Pan were obviously very curious about this kind of big family of more than 20 people. Although they didn't understand the language, they quickly integrated into a group of half-grown boys and girls, and were dragged along by Hong Tao's little nephew who had just started elementary school.
Went to set off firecrackers in the alley.
The most important thing on New Year’s Eve is to eat! No matter you are poor or rich, every family will cook a big table of chicken, duck, and fish on New Year’s Eve. Regardless of whether you can eat it or not, whatever is good must be included.
Grandma Hong Tao's family is no exception, and the older generation in this large courtyard are still alive. They all still follow the previous tradition. On New Year's Eve, the younger generation goes from house to house to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.
Hong Tao is also a junior, so New Year greetings are a must. Out of curiosity, Pan and Ye Rong also followed Hong Tao's family around the yard, watching Hong Tao bowing to old men and ladies everywhere. The two of them also took the opportunity to accept many elderly people from each family.
The red envelope given to me, of course, is for good luck. There won’t be much money in it, just a few dollars.
After the New Year greetings, the dinner officially started. Due to the large number of people, everyone had to eat at three large round tables. According to the rules of the elderly in Beijing, only the elders, uncles, sons, grandsons, and grandsons of the family can sit at the main table, and daughters can sit at the main table.
, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and granddaughter can only sit at the other two tables.
As Pan and Ye Rong were guests, they also sat at the main table with Hong Tao. At this time, they no longer cared about such trivial matters as the meal sharing system or whether to use chopsticks or forks. The large table with more than ten plates of various dishes had already been filled with them.
Their eyes and noses are full.
At first, they were not used to this kind of eating, drinking, chatting, and watching TV. However, as the atmosphere became more and more lively, they slowly integrated into it and listened to what Hong Tao told them.
There are all kinds of specialties during the Chinese Spring Festival, the names and methods of each type of food, and I kept stuffing them into my mouth.
This time Hong Tao really saved Ye Rong. When his uncle poured wine for everyone present, Hong Tao insisted that Ye Rong didn't know how to drink, which saved him from a difficult situation. Hong Tao didn't feel sorry for Ye Rong, but was afraid that he would do it again.
He drank too much, and on this New Year’s Eve, he still had to serve him.
Dinner alone is not complete. The meal on New Year's Eve has to be eaten until 12 o'clock, and then the food is removed and dumplings are served. It is not complete until after eating the dumplings. But Pan and Ye Rong couldn't control their mouths.
My stomach was full. Regarding the white bulging dumplings on the table, I was really determined to kill the enemy but could not save myself. I could only eat one to express my gratitude.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, there were firecrackers and fireworks outside. Pan and Yerong had never seen such a scene of tens of thousands of people setting off firecrackers together. Their expressions were both painful and exciting. What was painful was that the alley was full of firecrackers.
The place where flowers were placed was filled with smoke and almost no one could be seen. What I was excited about was that I finally experienced the feeling of war in a peaceful era. This was simply a street fight!
Hong Tao doesn't take these seriously at all. These little firecrackers and flowers are not popular at all. The two-kicking feet are only as thick as a thumb. How dare you call them two-kicking feet? It's up to you, Uncle Hong!
He took his nephew, eldest niece and four or five other children, pulled out the heavy weapons from the coal shed, and set them at the entrance of the yard. Before they were officially set off, he immediately scared off a large number of people.
Hong Tao's heavy weapon is an iron frame specially made by his uncle for setting off fireworks. It is all welded with steel pipes used for scaffolding. It is 2 meters long and half a meter high. It is divided into three rows, with a total of 90 dynasties.
The short steel pipes on the top are connected together, and there is a gap as thick as a chopstick between each steel pipe.
When in use, insert as many fireworks as you can into those short steel pipes, such as kickers or flash thunder. As long as one of them is lit, the flame when it explodes will ignite other fireworks in the connected steel pipes through the gap.
In this way, it can be turned into a device that automatically sets off fireworks. You only need to click the 90 kickers once, and the sound of thousands of cannons firing is very shocking and makes people excited.
"Oh my God! These are not fireworks at all, but anti-aircraft weapons!" When the heavy weapons started to be fired, Pan, who was originally excited to watch the fun, was like a frightened rabbit. He panicked and plunged into the flood.
In my aunt's arms, I was trembling with fear.
This is not to blame for Pan's timidity. After all, she has never seen such a scene, and the kickers that Hong Tao bought are too big. Each one is as thick as a spade handle and nearly a foot long. When fired individually, the sound is like a thunderbolt.
Normally, now when dozens of people play together, the momentum is so overwhelming that even people who are used to such scenes are a little trembling.
"No, I won't go. You are committing suicide!" Although Ye Rong did not run away in fear like Pan, his little face turned pale with fright, and he tried his best to shrink his body into the corner, even if he was beaten to death.
He didn't take the cigarette butt handed to him by Hong Tao and lit a second wave of kicks.
"Trash!" Hong Tao scorned the stupid man fiercely, handed the cigarette butt to his nephew who was in elementary school, then took him up and lit the second wave of kicks.
"You are abusing children! You lied to us during the day and abused children at night! You...you..." Pan had calmed down a little, and was a little angry about his gaffe, so the target of his venting was naturally
It was only Hong Tao, and no one else could understand what she was saying.
"Abuse!? Hahahaha, come on, Xiaolei, tell this foreign aunt, are you happy?" Hong Tao pushed his little nephew in front of Pan.
"I'm so happy! The second kicker in our house is the loudest, and it was bought by my uncle!" The little nephew, who just started elementary school, showed no fear at all, but was very happy.
"You are all crazy!" Although Pan couldn't understand what her nephew said, a fool could see that the child was very happy. Even though she was smart and well-informed, this was the first time she had seen such a scene in a short period of time.
I definitely can't understand it.
However, these fireworks were not only the more violent ones, Hong Tao also bought a lot of fireworks bombs and other fireworks. When these beautiful fireworks were set off, Pan and Yerong returned to normal, starting from the long distance
Dekan slowly joined in the procession of setting off the fireworks, having a lot of fun, just like a child.
At around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, Hong Tao took two foreign idiots back to his home. Pan and Ye Rong had not yet recovered from the surprise, surprise, amazement, and panic. Their brain nerves were still in a state of excitement, and they had no intention of doing anything.
Can't sleep.
Hong Tao didn't intend to stay up late with them, so he could only think of an excuse to coax them to sleep. However, this excuse could only allow Hong Tao to hide for a while, not for a lifetime, let alone a lifetime. He didn't even hide for half a day.
"Dumplings! Dumplings, it's already 7 o'clock. Aren't we going to the big parade you mentioned?" Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Hong Tao was woken up by these two idiots again. Last night, he didn't want to accompany them in order to stay with them.
Staying up late and describing the Ditan Temple Fair as a fun place similar to a Christmas parade, now retribution has come, these two are really serious about it.
"How about we go shopping, many shopping malls have discounts during the festival." Hong Tao was thinking about how to get out while eating breakfast. To be honest, visiting the temple fair gave Hong Tao more headaches than going to the shopping mall. It was not shopping at all, but crowded, small
Hundreds of thousands of people can squeeze into a small sports park. From the moment they enter, people are bumping into each other, and the shorter ones can hardly see anything except the back of their heads.
